We'll keep this one brief, as I'm sure you're busy getting ready for the National Bike Summit & Women's Forum. Find the online schedule. Learn about lobbying Congress. And make sure to use the #NBS16 tag in your social media posts.

The U.S. Department of State and a two-person pipe organ repair company are among the 73 new and renewing Bicycle Friendly Businesses the League of American Bicyclists welcomes to the Bicycle Friendly America Program today. There are now 1,132 Bicycle Friendly Businesses (BFBs).

As we approach the 2016 National Bike Summit & Women’s Forum the League of American Bicyclists is happy to announce that we are working with the Alliance for Biking & Walking to present an Awards Gala on the opening night of the National Bike Summit.

One or two mornings each week I wake before 5 a.m. and load up my Yuba Mundo with food to deliver to my homeless neighbors in East Los Angeles. It started in September 2013, when I had a heart attack and was told I needed to change my lifestyle. For six months I only walked. One cold morning, I was considering returning home when I saw two figures shivering under a sheet sleeping on a bus bench...

In January 2014, I resolved that I would become less reliant on my car. I craved a healthier way to experience my own body, wanted more interaction with my new community, and wanted to make meaningful lifestyle commitments to the environment—which meant one thing: getting my butt on a bike!